Identity, Gender, and VRChat (Why is everyone in VR an anime girl?)

Alt title: Seriously though, why is everyone so cute on this program Like my content? Want to talk about the video at length? Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/VuwQ2tSFr7 I have so much more to say on this topic. If this video does well, I might host a stream Q&A or something. Index: 0:00 Introduction 4:56 Chapter 1: The Basics 17:28 Chapter 2: The Community 28:11 Chapter 3: Anime Girls 37:02 Chapter 4: Programming Socks 45:50 Chapter 5: M E N 54:39 Chapter 6: Conclusion 58:27 Credits Socials: Twitter: @straszvr Discord: https://discord.gg/VuwQ2tSFr7 Twitch: twitch.tv/straszgaming Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/strasz References: Alexis Hieu Truong, “Framing Cosplay: How 'Layers' Negotiate Body and Subjective Experience through Play“ Candace West, Don H. Zimmerman, “Doing Gender” Chateau, L., “’Damn I Didn’t Know Y’all Was Sad? I Thought It Was Just Memes’: Irony, Memes and Risk in Internet Depression Culture” Dan Bilsker, Jennifer White, “The Silent Epidemic of Male Suicide” Emerald L. King: “Cosplay, crossplay and the importance of wearing the right underwear” Judith Butler, “Gender Trouble” Judith Butler, “Undoing Gender” M.V. Sanchez-Vives and M. Slater, “Transcending the Self in Virtual Reality” M.V. Sanchez-Vives and M. Slater, “From Presence to Consciousness through Virtual Reality” Michael J. Player, Judy Proudfoot, et al., “What Interrupts Suicide Attempts in Men: A Qualitative Study” Nicolle Lamerichs, “Strange than fiction: Fan identity in cosplay” Paolo Frassanito and Benedetta Pettorini, “Pink and blue: The color of gender” Rhaina Cohen, Shankar Vedantam, Tara Boyle, “Guys, We Have A Problem: How American Masculinity Creates Lonely Men” Shane Anderson, “Cosplaying Gender: Performing Anime in the Limelight of the Gender Spectrum” Other content referenced: https://twitter.com/VRChat/status/1350271716518481920 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7o2LYATDc http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Phantom_touch Suggested additional reading: Cristina Montemorano, “Body Language: Avatars, Identity Formation, and Communicative Interaction in VRChat” Leng, Rachel Hui Ying, “Gender, Sexuality, and Cosplay: A Case Study of Male-to-Female Crossplay” Music: Oh You - Rootkit (With permission from Monstercat) Thank you to everyone that helped with this video -- and for everyone that watched it. Genuinely. #vrchat